CVE-2026-72365 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix writethrough to use collection offload

Fix writethrough write to set NETFS_RREQ_OFFLOAD_COLLECTION on the request
so that collection is processed asynchronously rather than only right at
the end - and also so that asynchronous O_SYNC writes get collected at all.

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0348e3fa0dfbf152af687e86ce079742b1860da9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7838131e296dfbb639ea278901a53c018322c11e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6a9f6533c77c628eef0c0c5c19cd316e2be1b4

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix writethrough to use collection offload Fix writethrough write to set NETFS_RREQ_OFFLOAD_COLLECTION on the request so that collection is processed asynchronously rather than only right at the end - and also so that asynchronous O_SYNC writes get collected at all.
Title		netfs: Fix writethrough to use collection offload
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0348e3fa0dfbf152af687e86ce079742b1860da9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7838131e296dfbb639ea278901a53c018322c11e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6a9f6533c77c628eef0c0c5c19cd316e2be1b4

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:56:03.366Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:03.366Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.922Z

Link: CVE-2026-72365

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:09.923

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:09.923

Link: CVE-2026-72365

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